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Sugar act
Taxed on sugar and coffee -
Stamp act
Tax on any paper product -
Boston Massacre
5 people died -
Boston Tea Party
Protest tax on tea -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
Colonist and Britain finally erupted into war -
Declaration of Independence
Declared independence from the British -
Battle of Saratoga
American troops defeat the British -
British surrender at Yorktown
The war is over -
Ratification of US Constitution
Articles of confederation
